548 FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION December 



The White Mountains have long ly been cut over. Within a year, in 

 served to make life more tolerable to and about the Notch, ugly slashes have 

 many thousands of busy men and wo- been made. On the southern slopes 

 men the brain workers of the coun- the mountains have generally been cut 

 try. The forests in places of special over more heavily, and the tracts of 

 beauty throughout the mountains are primeval timber that remain are there- 

 more serviceable to mankind by stand- fore more important. Valuable pieces 

 ing than by being ground into paper of timber occur also in the Dixville 

 pulp for a day's convenience in read- Notch, and surrounding the second of 

 ing the news. The movement to pro- the Connecticut lakes. Words cannot 

 tect the forests is already too late to do be used too strongly in urging the 

 its most effective work. Some of the preservation of these remnants of the 

 forests most valuable because of their primeval forest. 



attractive location have been cut away But it is not alone for the primeval 



during the last three years, and this, forest that New England desires a na- 



too, on the Presidential Range, where, tional reservation in the White Moun- 



of all places, the axe should be re- tains. To make continuous, through 



trained. judicious cutting, the industries previ- 



There remain but two primeval for- ously mentioned, and to protect the 

 ests on the Presidential Range. The headwaters of every important river 

 Randolph forest is the one referred to in New England, save one these are 

 above as having been partly cut away, the strong economic reasons for the 

 It was twelve miles long and four reservation. It is desirable and, if the 

 miles wide, extending over the north- reservation is to be effective, neces- 

 ern sides of Jefferson, Adams, and sary, that the United States Govern- 

 Madison, stretching up to 4,000 feet ment acquire not only the pieces of 

 above the sea, and from it rose the virgin forest remaining, but also large 

 majestic peaks of the Presidential areas of cut-over lands, in order to put 

 Range. Four hundred men cutting them under forest management. This 

 for three winters, distributed through- is the only means of preventing the 

 out the forest in eight camps, have tremendous losses by fire and by ero- 

 done irreparable damage. But there sion which have already rendered corn- 

 remains the most beautiful portion of pletely and permanently barren 84,000 

 it, at the eastern end, up the famous acres in the mountain regions that 

 "Valley Way" between Mt. Adams were formerly covered with forest 

 and Mt. Madison. Two new camps growth. One of the most interesting 

 have just been put in to cut this off, features of the proposed reservation 

 also, during the coming winter. Only is that, if the cut-over lands are put 

 immediate action will be of any avail, under forest management for the pur- 



The other primeval forest on the P ose of future commercial returns, 

 Presidential Range is on the southern the y become at the same time far more 

 slopes of Mount Washington, in the attractive. It is a case of having one's 

 vicinity of the Pinkham Notch. Al- cake and eatm g lt > to - 

 though less accessible and somewhat There is no possibility of adequate 

 less attractive, it has wonderful beauty, action except by the United States 

 and appeals to the imagination. This Congress. The interests involved ex- 

 property is on the market and in dan- tend far beyond New Hampshire the 

 ger of being cut off. interests and prosperity of New Eng- 



In other parts of the White Moun- land are concerned. New Hampshire 



tains there remain a few pieces of pri- will do her part, as much, and more, 



meval spruce, which, because of their than any other state in proportion to 



attractive location, should be reserved her population and wealth. The state 



for higher service. The northern slopes already has caused to be made a com- 



of the Franconia Mountains have late- plete survey of the mountain region by 



